Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea)

13th December 2005

Profile - Miyazaki Goro

Born Tokyo 1967. After graduating from Shinshu University's School of Agriculture, he was employed as a construction consultant, in planning and design of parks and gardens and urban tree-planting. After that, from '98 he was involved in the overall design of the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, and from '01 to June '05 served as director of the Museum.

In 2004, received the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists in the field of art promotion.[1]

Translator's Notes

[1]: This was a new division instituted in 2004 for people active in reviving local culture and arts. The award was for his work in designing and running the Ghibli museum.